Vote for the Nashville area's girls postseason high school basketball player of the year

A week after The Tennessean released its Large and Small Class All Midstate girls basketball teams, we're including our readers in the postseason discussion about some of the top high school basketball players in the Nashville area.

You can now vote for who you think is the postseason girls basketball player of the year for the 2023-24 season.

Here are the candidates:

Reese Beaty, York Institute: The former Clemson commitment was a Class 2A Miss Basketball finalist and led York to the state tournament semifinals. She averaged 17.4 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.2 steals and shot 56.4% from the field, including 35.2% from 3-point range.

Daisy Gale, Providence Christian: The Mars Hill (North Carolina) signee averaged 17 points, five rebounds, three steals and shot 80% from the foul line. She was named a Miss Basketball finalist, the Division II-A District 3 MVP and made the all-district and region teams.

Zoey Nicholas, Pickett County: Nicholas led Pickett County to the Class 1A title for the program’s sixth state championship and first since 1989. She averaged 17.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.4 steals while shooting 59% from the field and 44% from 3-point range.

Allye Pennington, East Robertson: The freshman was one of the area’s top scorers in any class, averaging 24 points. She also averaged 2.6 rebounds and 2.5 steals. She led East Robertson to a 21-6 record and a Class 1A region semifinal appearance.

Blair Baugus, Wayne County: The Class 1A Miss Basketball finalist led Wayne County to the state tournament semifinals. She averaged 16.7 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.5 blocks while shooting 56% shooting from the field and 77.2% shooting from the free-throw line.

Ally Weathers, Loretto: Weathers led Loretto to a Class 2A state runner-up finish, averaging 20 points, seven rebounds and six assists with 54% shooting from the field. She shot 29% from 3-point range and 85% from the free-throw line.

Imari Berry, Clarksville: The Lady Wildcats senior captured the 4A Miss Basketball award, a first for a Clarksville area player, and was named McDonald's All American and the Gatorade girls player of the year in Tennessee. She averaged 23.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and four steals and led Clarksville to the 4A state tournament for the second year in a row.

Dasha Biriuk, Webb School - Bell Buckle: The Division II-AA Miss Basketball finalist averaged 17.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.6 steals. She led Webb back to the state semifinals, and has Power 5 offers from Maryland, Ohio State, Arizona, Mississippi State, BYU, Louisville and Vanderbilt.

Addison Melton, Central Magnet: The Lipscomb University signee and Class 3A Miss Basketball finalist averaged 20 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in addition to 35% shooting from 3-point range. She was District 8-3A Player of the Year and district all-tournament selection.

Celeste Reed, White County: The Class 3A Miss Basketball winner averaged 15.6 points and 10.4 rebounds. She led White County to a 31-4 record and Class 3A sectional game.

Ella Ryan, Brentwood: Ryan was one of the area’s top scorers, averaging 23 points, 6.5 rebounds and three assists. She led Brentwood to a 24-6 record.

Olivia Vinson, Coffee County: The Lipscomb University commitment averaged 13.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists, leading Coffee County (33-4) to the Class 4A state semifinals. It was the school's second state tournament berth and first since 1993. She also claimed District 9-4A most valuable player honors and was named all-region.

Vote now before the poll closes at noon on Friday. The winner will be announced at that time. Click on the image below to make your selection.

Reach sports writer George Robinson at georgerobinson@theleafchronicle.com and on the X platform (formerly Twitter) @Cville_Sports.